[dkberktas]

-steep learning curve compared to rails, django, grails, etc - lots of configuration (I mean a lot, no convention over configuration) - application servers are not easy, tomcat can be a nightmare in term of rapid deployment/undeploy routines, just think about heroku on the other hand

[democracy]

grails is java, right? and if we are talking about "jsp" then jsp recompiling is a standard in any server out there